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André Couto: the first Macanese driver to win the Macau Grand Prix F3 race
André Couto
André Couto (安德烈·高度) is a Macanese racing driver, born 14 December 1976 in Lisbon, Portugal, and moved to Macau aged four. In 2000 he won the Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race, becoming the first Macanese driver to win the event — after pole-sitters Narain Karthikeyan and Takuma Sato crashed in leg one, Couto, driving for Opel Team BSR, took the lead and the win. In 2015 he won the Japanese Super GT GT300 drivers' championship with Katsumasa Chiyo, the first foreign driver to take the GT300 title. He also contested the International Formula 3000 series (1998–2000) and the FIA World Touring Car Championship (2005–2012), and in 2024 won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Pro-Am title.
Andy Chang: 2022 Macau Grand Prix F4 winner, completing a three-year local sweep
Andy Chang
Andy Chang (鄭頴聰; full name Wing Chung Chang) is a retired Macau racing driver, born 26 October 1996 in Macau. On 20 November 2022 he won the Macau Grand Prix Formula 4 race in a Mygale M14-F4, beating Hong Kong's 16-year-old Gerrard Xie and two-time champion Charles Leong. He had previously finished second in the Macau Grand Prix F4 race in both 2020 and 2021 (behind Charles Leong), meaning local Macau drivers won the Macau Grand Prix single-seater main event three years running from 2020 to 2022. In 2021 he won the F4 Chinese Championship. Earlier he raced in the British F3 International Series (2014) and the FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2015–2016).
Charles Leong: the only local driver to win the Macau Grand Prix twice
Charles Leong
Charles Leong (梁瀚昭; registered name Hon Chio Leong) is a Macau racing driver, born 12 September 2001 in Macau. He won the Macau Grand Prix Formula 4 race in both 2020 and 2021, making him the only local driver to win the Macau Grand Prix twice (both in F4). In 2020 he took pole, the qualifying race and the main race. At the 2022 Macau Grand Prix F4 race he finished third (the winner was Andy Chang). In 2017 he was champion of both the F4 Chinese Championship and the Asian Formula Renault Series, and he previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. In 2025 he won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Pro title with SJM Theodore Racing.
Eduardo de Carvalho: winner of the first Macau Grand Prix in 1954
Eduardo "Eddie" de Carvalho
Eduardo "Eddie" de Carvalho was the winner of the first Macau Grand Prix in 1954. The race was held on 30–31 October 1954, and he won driving a Triumph TR2 (#5), completing 51 laps in 4h 03m 19.10s at about 49 mph (~79 km/h); the event used a one-off Le Mans-style start. The Macau Grand Prix began in 1954 as a grassroots event organised by local motoring enthusiasts. His red Triumph TR2 is preserved at the Macao Grand Prix Museum. He was the only Portugal-associated winner until António Félix da Costa won in 2012. Per the official Macao Grand Prix Museum, his nationality is listed as Portuguese.